Odd things that you keep for no reason

[gregkl]

I had a deal with myself last year to make sure I threw away a box a week. I almost have the garrage sorted. I can se the floor now. Every time I go out there I get side tracked.

I fit both cars in our garage for the first time since we bought the house over 5 years ago. It's nice.

 

[OurDee]

I just threw out the last repair project that required my wood lathe. I guess I can sell that now.

 

[OurDee]

I should see what kind of reloading press, I can trade for.

 

[SAILORGOLF46]

15 years ago we moved from a house we had lived in 30 yrs and the attic was full of "might need this later stuff". Well I tossed 95 % of it and moved into a house with a nice clean attic, guess what it is full of generation ll "might need later stuff". Its a sickness!

 

[Fullmag]

This is Sounding like Hoarders-Anonymous! Yes IÂ’m a member of HA. Years ago my daughter run a booth in flea market, she did well. Since then made a vow to throw out at least one thing everytime I rearrange the garage. Easy come, easy go.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I've got to say that I'm proud of DoggyMama. I can walk down one side of my car in the garage without turning sideways now! I've taken about 5 carloads (Hyundai Elantra Touring - it's like a small station wagon) to Goodwill in the past couple of weeks. She kept saving stuff to have a yard sale that would never materialize and finally decided to just let it go.

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

Not as much as I used to. A couple 900 mile moves and raising 5 kids in the house we bought when we had one kid has meant I had to get rid of quite a bit, although I do still have some stuff. Below is a picture of a bowl used for small object scanning from the Baltimore airport that ended up coming home with me. It lives atop the freezer in the foyer now.

 

[Thor]

I still have stuff in the garage my dad saved because it might be useful some day...I see a lot of it on the shelves of antique stores now. I have the tools my grandfather used as a finishing carpenter.

Most worthless pile though are cables and bits from obsolescent computer systems.

 

[NKBJ]

Had obtained a .432 diameter 210 grain RFN mold. Bigger diameter than I needed. Really wanted a heavier slug. Never used it and it sat in a box forever.

Now my big brother has a 1872 with .432 throats and short cylinder length so what can I do except mail it to him and accept all things are of a purpose.

Ooooom.

 

[russc2542]

YES. All of it.

Just when I'm about to purge stuff, I need something. New compressor bypass valve hose for the turbo Baja due to aftermarket parts? this old radiator hose fits perfect. Someone needs a bit of spark plug wire to get an antique engine running? have a box full. Heat exchanger for the cooling loop in the induction coil? old CPU coolers to the rescue.

I should see what kind of reloading press, I can trade for.

What kind of lathe? I have a lee loadmaster with lots of parts and some upgrades.

 

[OurDee]

 

[Rookie]

Kung-flu was a good thing in giving me time to purge. I had two burn barrels running nonstop for two weeks. Trash pick up allows two cans and 14 garbage bags. It took five weeks. Now I have a 13x39 man cave, a 13x10 pantry, and a 9x15 reloading room.

 

[markiemark]

For some reason i keep 22 lr brass from the range. Thinking i may use it to try my hand at making 223 bullets but who knows if that will happen.

Being on a small farm I always keep any hardware I can pull off of old appliances or furniture. Have used some of it but not sure its worth the storage space or how often I give up and just go to the hardware store ha!

 

[JettaKnight]

In college, I rolled up a small menu at Bruno's and coated it in candle wax. Twenty years later and it's still around somewhere.

Does that count?

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

In college, I rolled up a small menu at Bruno's and coated it in candle wax. Twenty years later and it's still around somewhere.

Does that count?

I rolled up a lot of stuff in college, too. They were usually gone shortly afterwards, though.

 

[Colt556]

Between my interests in guns, cars, aviation, building models, photography, clocks and the military it’s hard to say what you could find around here. I’m fortunate enough to have a basement that has 2 bedrooms, a living area, a full bath and a large laundry room. My Man Cave is just full of interesting stuff, well at least interesting to me.

 

[markiemark]

I rolled up a lot of stuff in college, too. They were usually gone shortly afterwards, though.

The way 2020 is going you might want to start that up again lol.